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The Curse on Canaan
The lowest of slaves.
slave of slaves.
Why not curse Ham?
God had already pronounced a blessing on the three 9.1
Ham was the youngest, Canaan was the youngest descendant.
To show mercy by only cursing one part of Ham’s lineage.
Noah perceived evil in Ham that was already developing in Canaan.
IN THIS CASE THE CURSE IS AS PREDICTIVE AS IT IS PUNITIVE.
By the time of the Exodus the Canaanites (and all their other subclans of ites) had a number of debasing practices, including sacred prostitution, homosexuality, and various orgiastic rituals.
The gods of Canaan had no moral character at all. in fact the stories of the gods of Canaan showed them to be less moral than the people they were gods over.
Molech and Baal were worshipped, and Molech for instance was worshipped by the burning sacrifices of the Canaanites own children.
Excavations at Tel Megiddo in modern day has unearthed children’s bones from these rituals.
Eventually God is going to send Israel back from Egypt.
They will be told to conquer the Canaanite people.
This gives an explanation of why it would be ok to to exterminate them and take their land:
1. God has cursed their first parent.
2. They are vial and corrupt and need cleansing from the land.
Canaan was black: an evil invention to justify African Slavery
There is absolutely NO justification to think that Noah cursed Canaan by turning him black.
The Egyptians painted scenes that depicted the Canaanites as olive skinned and the Southern Nubians as dark skinned.
Even the modern English word Slave is rooted in Slav and is tied to as many as 1.5 million Europeans who were enslaved by Islamic North Africa between 1530-1780.
Permitted racisim didn’t cause slavery, but slavery certainly perpetuated and fostered racism.
Blessings on Japheth
Extend- Expansive descendants
Japheth would be the father of the Europeans Greco-Roman world
Japheth would have fellowship with Shem (dwell in his tents)
The Greeks and Romans conquered Israel (and Christianity) would conquer them spiritually.
Blessings on Seth
Today we talk about semitic tribes, and someone being antisemitic.
This is rooted in the Genesis account of Shem.
Again there is implication for Israel as they are entering the promised land that these people will conquered and that it was GOD ORDAINED.
As we study Genesis 10 we learn about a descendant of Shem, Peleg and in chapter 11 we learn that Peleg is the greatx5 grandfather of Abraham.
The Bible is one cohesive story.
The Table of Nations in Chapter 10 and the genealogy of chapter 11 trace the lineage of Shem to Abraham.
Remember in Genesis 3.15
Then in Luke 3.36 we find that Jesus is in this lineage.
The Bible is HIS Story.
His redemption story.
Many human authors, but God wants you to know that you are precious to Him.
He was working it all out so a Savior would be born into the world to save you and to save me.
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